SNAPPY BAG

Someone gave me this large bag of selvages.  Many of them are in the blue and green family.

I started string piecing them onto muslin squares.

It looks pretty good.  Some of the strings had very little extra fabric.  Note to self:  when you cut off selvages leave about 1/2" so some of the color will show as they are assembled.

Then I trimmed it up and squared it for my blocks.

I like this.  I made two of them.  One  for the front and one for the back of the little bag.

This old, broken rule came in handy to make the "snap" closures.

This little bag is too cute.  It was so much fun making this in an afternoon.

Here is a link to a wonderful tutorial for making your own Snappy Bag.
http://tatteredgarden.blogspot.com/2010/01/snappy-bag-tutorial.html

                                        -sandi

THREAD CATCHER

I love these two fabrics.  Of course, I love flamingos of any kind.

My friends, Linda and Sharon, each had one of these little thread catchers.

Soooo . . . I made one . . .

Isn't this the cutest thing?  It is just the right size to catch all my loose threads when I am doing my hand projects.

I adore these little buttons I found in my button drawer.Now I am all set to sew away.

-sandi